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Early CIO Session at Highlander

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Description: Zilphia Horton leading songs at Highlander during an early union CIO session. Charlie Wilson, board member, extreme right, next to him is his wife Frankie....
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Highlander Film Center

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Description: Filming a scene for the Highlander Film Center. Fred Lasse standing right of camera.
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Third Farmers Union Session

Date: 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of the third Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School.
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Highlander Kitchen Scene

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Description: A group of women working on hard boiled eggs in the Highlander kitchen. Betty Shipherd on right, Antioch student on left.
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Septima Clark at Highlander

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Description: Septima Clark with an unidentified companion at a table, outside at Highlander Folk School.
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Everybody Out For Recreation

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Description: A group of students taking a break to play softball at Highlander Folk School.
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Group in front of Highlander Main Building

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Description: An unidentified group of people standing outside the main Highlander building. Esau Jenkins, fifth from left.
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Two People Outside of Highlander Library

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Description: A man is reading a book on a bench, while a woman is standing in front of the entrance to the Highlander Library. A small group of people can be seen insid...
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Myles Horton and Grace Hamilton

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Description: Myles Horton and Grace Towns Hamilton during an Urban League meeting at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing

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Description: Myles and Zilphia Horton Square Dancing at Highlander Folk School with two other people.
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Portrait of Zilphia Horton

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Description: Portrait of Zilphia Horton, wife of Myles Horton, the founder of Highlander Folk School.
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Greeting CIO Student

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Description: Zilphia Horton greeting a male CIO student on a rainy day at Highlander Folk School.
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Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely

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Description: Myles Horton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Jim Stokely, a writer from Newport, Tennessee. Highlander integration workshop.
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Discussion Groups on Highlander Lawn

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Description: Informal discussion groups out on the lawn of Highlander. Myles Horton smiling in lower right.
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Mac Amos Lecturing at Highlander

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Description: J.C. McAmis (Mac) lecturing on organic food advocacy at Highlander. Poster in back reads, "Save Freedom of Speech". Myles Horton on left.
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Children of the Wilder Strikers at Highlander

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Description: Early photograph from Highlander Folk School. Children of the Wilder Strikers. J.D. Marlowe, fifth from right.
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25th Anniversary of Highlander

Date: 09 02 1957
Description: 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot...
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Community Leadership Workshop

Date: 08 1955
Description: A community leadership workshop session, August-September, at Highlander Folk School. Elizabeth Brinkman, Germany, in background in a flower dress; obscure...
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Perry and Elsie Horton with Dogs

Date: 1937
Description: Perry and Elsie Horton, parents of Myles Horton, with fox hounds, at Highlander Folk School.
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Young Woman Teaching Labor Class

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Description: A young woman teaching a labor class at Highlander Folk School.

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